Pandemic

A Novel

By: Scott Sigler

Narrated by: Phil Gigante

Length: 19 hrs and 55 mins

Publisher's summary

Scott Sigler's Infected shocked listeners with a visceral, up-close account of physical metamorphosis and one man's desperate fight for sanity and survival, as "Scary" Perry Dawsey suffered the impact of an alien pathogen's early attempts at mass extinction. In the sequel Contagious, Sigler pulled back the camera and let the listener experience the frantic national response to this growing cataclysm.

And now in Pandemic, the entire human race balances on the razor's edge of annihilation, beset by an enemy that turns our own bodies against us, that changes normal people into psychopaths or transforms them into nightmares.

To some, Doctor Margaret Montoya is a hero-a brilliant scientist who saved the human race from an alien intelligence determined to exterminate all of humanity. To others, she's a monster - a mass murderer single-handedly responsible for the worst atrocity ever to take place on American soil.

All Margaret knows is that she's broken. The blood of a million deaths is on her hands. Guilt and nightmares have turned her into a shut-in, too mired in self-hatred even to salvage her marriage, let alone be the warrior she once was.

But she is about to be called into action again. Because before the murderous intelligence was destroyed, it launched one last payload - a soda can-sized container filled with deadly microorganisms that make humans feed upon their own kind.

That harmless-looking container has languished a thousand feet below the surface of Lake Michigan, undisturbed and impotent...until now.

Part Cthulhu epic, part zombie apocalypse and part blockbuster alien-invasion tale, Pandemic completes the Infected trilogy and sets a new high-water mark in the world of horror fiction.

©2014 Scott Sigler (P)2014 Gigantic Productions, LLC

exciting and clever, couldn't stop listening!

I was skeptical about this book at first, but bought it on a 2 for 1 deal. DEFINITELY a good purchase. It's long, so perfect for commuting, which is what I usually reserve audio books for. I liked it so much I listened to it while I cooked and cleaned, too. The story is interesting and compelling; the descriptions of the biology of the disease were interesting without being dense. I liked it better than any zombie book I'd read, though the "Converted" are a step ahead of zombies in the monster food-chain. I think this would make an excellent movie (or series of) - the descriptions of the scenes were so good, I almost felt like I was watching one. It gave me nightmares a couple of times.

I will say that the author injects a lot of his own political bias in it. I don't think it takes away from the book, but it is distracting and it doesn't add anything to it. This happens mostly in the beginning - as the story develops there is less of an opportunity for it.

The FDO does it again.

Such a great conclusion to the series. Any words I say can't describe how much I enjoy this and every other Sigler novel.

Crazy good!

Would you listen to Pandemic again? Why?

Scott is the most original guy you will find! Not the same old cookie cutter stuff!

Another excellent book by Sigler

This book was great from start to finish. It's an awesome end to the Infected series.

need half stars

the story was real good, no doubt. the performance was oscar worthy. a ljttle mixing issue with low spots that were hard to hear then bang, volume. the guys voice talent would make Mel Blanc smile.

Great listen!

Great story and great reading! It is quite gory in some of the details but a very good listen. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time!

slow start but good overall. worth the 1 credit

very good overall it had a slow start but really picked up speed about a quarter of the way in and then I couldn't put it down.

Great conclusion to the series.

Awesome story with a totally unseen twists from the other two books. I must say I prefer the author himself reading his books though.

Perfect

Perfect ending to a riviting trilogy! Scott Sigler rules! Need to start the trilogy again!

Worth a read

This book is full of puppies and kittens and is a strong end to a complex and well written series. Fans of action horror with a kiss of science will love this book. The future dark overlord has lived up to his name.